An early painting by the famed Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, thought lost since the 1930s, is on view for the first time ...

European powers began trading for gold and other commodities in West African from the 15th Century: As rival European powers fought for control of trade, trading posts were expanded into heavily ...

In the years that followed, photos of Sendeoli would become part of a pro-Russian propaganda campaign – one that used his ...

William De La Palma Director, Dutch West India Co. September 5, 1705 The history of the European seaborne slave trade with Africa goes back 50 years prior to Columbus' initial voyage to the Americas.

This course is available to General Course students. What role did West Africa and West African people play in the Atlantic world? In this module, we will investigate how African political communities ...

Jessie Lehmann, a member of The Know Bodies Band, discovered her passion for traditional West African drumming before she ...

Estimates suggest that 77 per cent of these enslaved people (10.1 million) were 'produced' along the west and west central coasts of Africa between 1701 and 1850. This is almost 10 per cent of the ...